Ben Shapiro

Ben Shapiro is an American lawyer, columnist, author, and conservative political commentator. Shapiro writes columns for Creators Syndicate, Newsweek, and Ami Magazine, and serves as editor emeritus for The Daily Wire, which he co-founded in 2015. Shapiro is the host of The Ben Shapiro Show, a daily political podcast and live radio show. He was editor-at-large of Breitbart News from 2012 until his resignation in 2016. As of December 2023, Shapiro had authored sixteen books.

Shapiro was born on January 15, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, to a Conservative Jewish family. He is Ashkenazi Jewish. When he was 9 years old, his family began to observe Orthodox Judaism. His parents both worked in Hollywood. His mother was a TV company executive, and his father, David Shapiro, worked as a composer.

In 2008, Shapiro married Mor Toledano, an Israeli medical doctor of Moroccan descent. The couple has two daughters and two sons. They practice Orthodox Judaism.

Shapiro's sister, Abigail Shapiro, is a conservative media influencer who posts videos on her YouTube channel "Classically Abby." The Shapiro siblings are cousins of writer and actor Mara Wilson. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)

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